Base camp for the search Saturday will be about 2.2 miles up Sol Duc Hot Springs Road, and SAR crews will be briefed at 7 a.m.

Moores said he believes there are enough professionals who have agreed to help that there is no need for volunteers.

“We’ve got a pretty good response right now from professional SAR teams from across the state,” he said. “I’m not going to say ‘no’ to volunteers, but I think at this point, we’ve got a lot of people.”

He said people from Snohomish, Kitsap, Jefferson, Pierce, Mason and Clallam counties; Olympic National Park; the state Department of Corrections; and other agencies have agreed to help with the search, adding that he expects there to be at least 50 people searching.

A swift-water team will search the river, and teams of cadaver dogs will be searching for Gray, Moores said.

Moores has wanted to have the search for months but said it needed to be put off until the river was lower. He decided about two weeks ago that Saturday would be the day.

“We’re going to search the river and the riverbanks for any indication, any clues,” he said.